Loom.



F. A. MILLS.

i LooM. `APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21,1905.

935,802. Patented om.. 5; 1909.

5 SHEETS-SHEET l.

P. A. MILLS. LOOM, APPLIOATION 11,151) sjsPT.21,19o5.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

4MM A v @UConn-ms F. A. MILLS.

Patented 01;.5,1909. 5 SHEETS-SHELL s.

F. A. MILLS.

LOOM.

APPLIUATION FILED sPT.21,19o5.

' Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

RIMMMS P. A. MILLS.

LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.z1, 1905.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909 5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

akamu?? wil'vvoaca `make and use the ing at Lawrence,

iiivri s FRANCIS ARTHUR MILLS, Ior LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOM.-V

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it knownl that I, FRANCIS ARTHUR MiLLs, a .Citizen of the United States, residin the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to same.

My invention is directed to improvements in looms wherein automatic filling supplying mechanism is controlled to operate .by or tl'rough a fee'ler which feels the filling in the l shuttle and before the complete exhaustion vbeam to illustrate one embodiment of of the filling causes the operation of the fllmg supplying mechanism; and my invention 1 consists of certain novel parts and combinations of'parts whereby the weft-fork is prevented rom tilting and a. weft-thread holding-device prevented from holding the weft.-

thread which will be separately pointed out in the claims concluding this specification.

The following descriptionv read in connection with the accompanying drawings will enable any person skilled in the art to which my invention relates to understand land to practice my invention I prefer to employ it; but it'will be understoodthat my invention is not limited to the precise form and details of construction herein illustrated and of my invention and the scope of the claims.

Referring to these Vdrawingsf-Figure- 1 shows in top view the left hand end part of the lay and a suflicient portion of the breastmy 1nvention which resides in novel mechanism wherein automatic filling-supplying mechanism 'is controlled in its 'operation by or through a feeler which feels the filling on its carrier to 'determine the amount of filling to.

a predetermined point, the ism being 1n the position it in contact with feeler mechanoccupies when the filling. Fig. 2 is an identical view, the feeler mechanism being in the position it occupiesv whenthe filling has been exhausted from its-carrier to the predetermined amount at which t-he-bobbin or filling-carrier will be automatically ejected. Fig. 3 shows a rear view of certain of the fecler mechanism parts which are operated by the weft-thread holdingmechanism. Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled September 21,

,the feeler ymechanism by which the tion has been made. View of the breast-beam and the weft fork in the form lin which described, as the sameV may be changed or modified in various par- Vbreast-beam 3 are and PatentedOcti, 1909. 18.115. Serialifo. 219,419..

el is a front elevation of that portion of the lay shown in Fig. 1, showing the feeler mechanism parts as they are mounted on the lay. Fig. 5 is abottom view ofthe same. Fig. Gshows enlarged the vfeeler spring connections with-its operating shaft. Fig. 7 is -a transverse section taken on the line o a of Fig. l showing the feeler mechanism in tlie position it occupies in said figure. Fig. 8 is an identical view .showing the feeler mechanism in the .position -it occupies in Fig. 2. Fig.. 9 shows enlarged in detail that part of tion lof' the parts is adjusted to determine the amount of filling on its carrier when it is tolbe ejected@ Fig.

A 10 shows the same parts in the positions they occupy when such connec- Fig. 11 shows an end andV weft-thread holding mechanism and a transverse Section of the lay on the line Z) b of Figil. showing the feeler mechanism in .the position it occupies when the lay has moved back. Fig. l2 shows in perspective the weft-fork connection with the-feeler-de- Viceand the weft-thread holding device in t-he positions they occupy asin Fig. 8, the

weft-thread eing pushed through the grid byl the weft 'xrk.v Fig. 13,is an identical View the parts being-iii the positions seen in Figi, the weft-thread being held. taut across the grid.- F ig.v 14 sliow'sin front view the weft-grid and .the yielding buifer of the weft-thread holding device. Fig. 15 is a top of thesaine showing the relation of the weft-thread holding arm with the yielding buffer whenout of impact contact. Fig. 16 is anidentical view showing the weftholding arm in yielding buffer.

\ My invention is specially adapted for use in what is known as automatic filling replenishing looms inwliich a filling feeder 'is employed to transfer afresh supplyof filling from a magazine to a shuttle, as for instance in the United States Patent No. 529,942, but which it is unnecessary to show or describe, as my invention may be applied to any loom in which the filling is automatically replenished. 7' A I The lay 1', shuttle-box 2 thereon, and the may be of theusual construction in looms. I have shown the eeler-flnger 4, vas passing through a slot 5, in the front "wall'o'f the shuttle-box and shuttle to make connection with the filling impact contact with the.

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on the filling carrier 6, and for this purpose the feeler-fingcr 4, is mounted on the upper end of an arm 7, which is preferably mounted at the front of the lay on a shaft 8, which is mounted in bearingls 9-9 on the underside of the .la sot at a rocking movement of the sha t will cause the feelerfinger to be moved in Contact with and from filling on the filling carrier. This rock* shaft 8, has another arm 10, extending transversely under. and terminating in a knife edge 11at the rear of tlie'.lay, see Figs. 9 and 10.

Mounted in brackets 12-12 at l the real side ofthe lay is a shaft 13, on which an arm 14, is fixed, its lower end having a knife-edge trip-pawl' 15, and pivotally mounted with its knife-edge, standing toward the knife 11 of the arm 10, and' so arranged and related to each other that -the pawl 15, will be 'caused to engage and i shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 10.

trip the said arm 10, as seen in Figs. 8, 9 and 10. For effecting this engagement and tripping of the feeler-rock-shaft arm 10,

,the vertical arm ,111, is caused to be vibrated and being mediately mounted on the shaft 13, the upper part of said arm, will be pushed back thereby causing the lower end carrying the trip pawl 15 to be moved forward toward the knife edged. arm 10, and effect the engagement of thetripping parts when the filling has been run off the bobbin to the predetermined point` as In this 'operation it will oe understood that when the loom is running and the bobbin carrier having more filling than the predetermined amountpthe feeler-finger will be held so as to hold the knife-edge arm l0, above the knife-edge trip-pawl and allow it to pass beneath the knife-edge of the arm l0 by the vil'nationv of the arm 14, as seen in Fig. 7,v andl thisA operatioinwill continue as long as Vthere is more than the predetermined.amount of filling. The purpose of this pawl engagement as seen in Figs. S, a nd 10, is to form a stop to hold the arm carrying the pawl 'i from movement as will be presently ex plained. Referring particularly to Figs. 9 and 10, it will be scen'that this engagement is effected by the screw 1G, which limits the upward -movement of the vpawl 'and an overhanging part 17, on-the arm '10, will eng-.ige

andrest'upon the end of the pa-wl and thus hold the engaged parts in abutting relation as 1n Fig. v10. To' determine the amount of Y filling to be left on the'filling carrier, an adjusting screw' 18, in the end of the' pawl carrying arin beneath the pawl, is adjusted. The 'vertical adjustment of said screw will cause`"more filling to be left on the carrier,

'trip because thereby the pawl will be caused tol while' the knife edged arm 10, sooner, by lowering the screw the pawl will be caused to fall lower thereby causing the pawl yielding seated in a fixed guide 20, to receive the imto trip the pactof a spring pressedl weft-thread hold-v ing-device; and a spring 21, coiled on the shaft 13, acts by torsion to hold the pawl end of the arm baekand its upper end forward so that each forward movement of the lay will cause impact of the pusher 19 on the arm 1&1-, of the weft-thread holding device. The depending arm QQ, of the weftthread holding Zontal rod Q3 mounted to 'slide in guides QJ( on a bracket 25 on the breast-beam and is normally held in position to receive the impact of the pusher. lA stop 2U, is provided on t-he rod 23, ti n against the tensionof a sprlng A grid 28 preferably of two spaces is mounted at the mouth of the shuttle-box and in a recess between said grid and the mouth to hold it in` its normal posiy device is carried by horip of the shuttle-box., is seated or confined a v buffer preferably formed of apiece of wood 29,-Figs. 15 and 1G, having a vertical face groove 30, and' a thin rubbertube 3l,

stretched over the grooved piece of nf-ood making thereby a yielding'bufcr to impact upon the weft-thread holding arm 22 for u and -friction-.illy holdingI the weftthread. p

The thin rubber crossing the groove in the wood will conform to the wcftI-thread holding-arm, when the buffer strikes said arm and the latteiubeing spring pressed the thin rubber impact `wall will be compressed within the groove and thereby cause a gripping ac tion of the weft thread holding-arm on the weft-thread or filling hold-ing it under frictional tension. The weft-fork 32,--pre'ferably oftwo tines has the usual loop 3Q pivotally mounted on av slide 32 a1\.il adapted to tilt by the actionof the grid pushingtlie weftfthr'ead 34, which leads from the cloth to the shuttle against vthe weft-'fork tines. The weft-fork slide is held in its normal position toward the grid by spring pressure. The tine holder of the weft-fork has a pin .or projection 35 and the upper end ofthe pawl carrying arm has a spring pressedpin 36 slidable in a guide or bore and standing toward the pin in the tine-holder and this spring pressed pin has a coijperatng action Awith the pin in the tine-holder when the lay has moved forward to prcventthe tilting of the weft-fork, and thereby cause the weft-v fork hammer to engage the weft-f irk loop.

' In the forward movement of the lay should the pin in the"tine-holder strike the end of the spring pressed"pin-carried by the pai-wl carrying-arm, the spring' pressed piu will yield and thus prevent any breakage or dis order of the parts.

lt will be understood that. it 'is the' forisa ing-devices, and. the means operated by the forward -movemcnt of the lay for operating said devices I will now describe.

0n the feeler-shaft is loosely mounted an arm 37' projecting forward, having a cam formation on its underside, and terminating in a depending abutment 38, which strikes the end of an adjusting screw 39, in a lever l0, fastened on said shaft. The cam lever has a hub il, which forms a long bearing therefor and on which -is coiled atorsion spring 42, having one end connected to the depending abutment 38, and its other end connecting the lay, so that the torsional action of said spring will cause the abutment 38 of the cam-arm 37 to abut against an adjusting screw 39, on the lay 1n 'the Alever 40, fix-don the feeler shaft 8, and

rock said shaft in a direction to hold the fceler-finger away from the filling on the filling carrier. A feeler spring 11:3, is placed on the feeler-shaft having one end fastened to the hub of the cam-lever and its other 'end fastened to a collar 44, fixed on said shaft, for the purpose of pressing the feeler-linger inward on the filling, and it is important to note that the upward movement of the'camlevei` is against the torsion of both springsv and that said springs being independent of each other allows independent adjustment of thev feeler-spring to regulate the pressurev of the feeler-fiuger on the filling.

.lt is important to note that the feeler-inger, the feeler-shaft and the arm 10,- are rigidly connected and having. no joints, this givesthe advantage of maintaining its fixed adjustment onthe lay 'and n ot be affected by lost motion or. wearof the parts between the breast-beam and the lay, or by the vibration incident to the operation of theA loom.

The arrangement of the feeler-mechanism 'withrespect Ato the lay gives the advantage of making connection of' the weft-fork with the weft-thread holding-device on the breast-- beamV and thereby operatingdyin connection l with said weft-fork and said weft-thread holding-device and lso far as I know and can find l am the first to organize in a loom mechanism whereby a feeler-device is caused tohold and prevent the weft-fork from' being tiltedA by the weft-thread for causing a change of filling, when the filling on the bobbin' reaches a predetermined point at which point the bobbin is eject-ed. I am also the first to devise means whereby a feeler-device is caused to prevent the weftthread holding-device from. holding the weft-thread which will permit the weft-fork to push the weft-thread through the grid and thereby cause a fresh supply of filling. in the Shuttle when the filling onthe bobbin has ,reached the predetermined point lat which point the ,haben werbe ejected.' i#

am also tie first to employ in a loom means whereby the weft-fork is held and prevented from tilting by the weft-grid pressing the weft-thread against the weft-fork in coperation with means whereby the weft-thread holding' device is held away and prevented from holding the weft-thread so that the can push the weft-threadv through the fixed on a. bracket on the breast-beam so as to cause the cam-arm to be lifted thereby rocking the feeler-shaft and it is this lifting of the cam-arm that causes the inward movement of the feeler-linger and the downward movement of the knife-edged arm 10, and it will be understood that the extent of those move-ments will be governed by the annunt of filling on the filling carrier, and tha the independent action of the cam-arm allows it to have freedom of movement governed by the amount of filling on the bobbin. It will therefore be seen that the lilling on the bobbin carrier 'determines theA extent of, movement ofthe feeler-finger and the knife-edged arm, independent of movement given to the cam-arm. The roll is preferably carried by an arm 46, mounted on the breast beam and made adjustable by a clamp-bolt 47, so asito give more or less and earlier or la/ter movement to the. caniarm and thereby cause an earlier or later ,movement to the feeler-device to cause it to 'contactrsooner or later with the lill-ing on its carrier.

In mounting the elements of the feelermechanism on the lay, there is provision for six adjnstments, viz: The feeler-finger by its screw-mountingstem 4S, may be adjusted on its ar'm toward and from the filling on the filling-carrier and secured by a nut; the adjustment of the feeler actuating cam-arm with respect to the actuating roll by the screw 39; the adjustment of the actuating roll-arm with respect to the cam-arm on the i feeler-shaft by the screw 47; the adjustment of the tension of the torsion spring on the shaft. of the pawl carrying arm to give proper cushioning action to the impact of the pusher upon the arm of the weft-thread holding device causing thereby the operation of the pawl carrying arm; the adjustment of the tension of the feeler-spring on the feelershaft for causing more or less pressure of the feeler-finger on the filling by properly adjusting th-e collar 44, which connects said spring with its shaft; and the adjust-ment of the pawl by the screw 18 for causing the *predetermined amountiof filling to be left on the bobbin, it being the most essential a-dustment.

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Referring to Fig. 1 the bobbin carrier has its maximum of filling on the filling carrier in the shuttle and at every othe'i` forward beat of the lay the shuttle will be picked or thrown into the shuttle-box as shown, and this movement of the lay Willcause the cam arm of the feeler mechanism to contact with the roll on the breast-beam thereby lifting the cam-arm causing the feeler shaft to be rocked and the feeler-finger caused to engage the filling on the filling carrier. Simultaneously the knife-edged arm 10, will be moved down toward the trippawl according to the amount of filling on the filling carrier at the point of contact of the feeler- The lay then moving rearward will canse the cam-arm to become disengaged with the roll and forced down by its spring, causing the feelerfshaft to rock and thereby the feeler-finger to be' moved away from its contact with the filling and the knife-edged arm will be moved upward farther from .the trip-pawl, and so long as there is more than a predetermined amount. of filling on the llingvcarrier the knife-edged-arm will not be moved into engagement with the trip-pawl, the loom will continue weaving and the weft-thread holding device will be operating the arm which carries thetrip-pawl by its engagement with the pushers connection with said arm. Vhen thil filling has been run off its carrier to the predetermined point the feeler-finger will have moved farther toward the fillingoearrier thereby causing the feeler-shaft. to be rocked by its cam-arm and the knife edge of the arni moved thereby in the path of'the knife edge. of the trip-pawl and lift it effect' ing thereby their engagement. By this engagement the pawl carrying arm is 'held from movement which will hold the weftthread holding device from holding the wefttluiead under tension. and cause the spring pressed pin ofthe pawl carrying arm to pass beneath the pin of the tine holder, so that the weft-fork cannot be tilted by the weftl'lu'ead and which will thereby lcause the Tft-fork to push the weft-thread through the. weft grid between its bars as seen in Fig. l2. vThis operation will cause the pin of the tine holder to ride and rest upon the pin of the pawl carrying arm and thereby causo the. loop ot the weft-fork to be held in the path of' and be. caught by the shoulder or hook 23?, of the weft-fork hammer or actuator 5S and this connection will causev the hammer to pull back the weft-fork slide. This movement. of said slide will cause the upper end of' the arm 4S), to be moved haelt thereby rocking the horizontal shaft 50, which causes the operation of the filling replenishing mechanism and which is well understood in the art. By preventing the wette from holding the weftthread the weftfork will ,push the wefti thread through the tbox; or by holding a shuttlebinder,

have a vertical movement and cause the operation of the transfer of a fresh supply of fill- Ving from a magazine into thcshnttle 'when the shuttle is picked to the opposite shuttleand preventing the weftfork from tilting willeffect the same result, and While' either of the above methods'will canse the operation stated I prefer to use both methods conjointly.. 51 is the shuttle, 52 is the picker, 53 is t-he picker-stick, 54. is the impact-strap for the picker-stick, 55 is, and 56 is a stop for limiting the out-Ward movement of said shuttlebinder, and 57 is the knock off lever mounted on the breast-beam. y

From the foregoing it will be seen that it is the operation of the trip-pawl, its co-aeting knife-edged arm, and the feeler device, in conjunction with means for engagingl and preventing the operation of the weft-fork,

l lthat determines and effectsl thc ectment of the nearly exhausted filling carrier. In this operation supposing the filling-carrier to bc full of filling or have more on it' than the predetermined amount, the normal of the knife-edged arm will be above the plane of the trip-pawl and in that vposition thetrip-pawl will be caused by the vibrations of its carrying-arm to move under thc knife-edge ofthe arm 10, and from its raisedb position said arm, as the filling decreases,

position will be caused to descend until lit reaches the.

lplane of the trip-pawl, when the trfip-pawl will automatically engage and be' loe-lied with the end ot' said knife-edged arm. For this purpose the knife edges are so beveled and related that* the gradual reduction-of the filling will cause a gradual lowering of the knife-edged arm so that when the filling is exhausted to the predetermined point, the knife-edge of' said arm will have reached the position in which it is in horizontal ali'nement with the knife edge of the trippawl and coming tiogethcr by the vibration of the pawl carrying arm, will be engagedv and maintained in such engagement while the nearly exhausted filling carrier is being ejected. In this engagement the pawl will with the engaged end of the amm-"the head of the depending screw 16, by its engagement with a lug on the pawl carrying #arm serving to limit the upward movement of said pawl and justing screw 18 passing serving to limit the descent of said pawl, which is its normal positionwhile both adjustments co-act to stop the vibrations of the vertical arm and thereby'cause its spring pressed pin to be engaged with and prevent the tilting of theweft-fork and also prevent vthe weft-thread holding arm 22 from holding the weft-thread at the time tvhenthe exhausted bobbin is to wayT the function of. thi's'engaging and tripdevice, is controlled the function of the the adthrough .said lng be ejected and iii this A buffer as in Fig. 16 by causing the arm 221 to receive the impact of the buffer pressing the filling against its thin buffer' Web and the latter into the groove of the buffer-core and deflecting the filling into a corresponding groove made by the defiection of the thin buffer web, and thus take up and hold the filling with a yielding Contact. The impact of the weft-thread holdingfdevice also serves as the means of vibrating the vertical arm 14, which carries the trip-pawl onl its lower end and at its upper end it carried the pusher pin -19, which receives the impact of the filling holding device to vibrate said arm in effecting its engagement and -tripping of' the pawl device.

I claim:

1. In aloomthe lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, the filling-carrier, a weft-grid and a weft-fork,- and means for preventing the Weftfork from tilting for causing the ejection of a filling carrier when the filling has been reduced to a predetermined point.

2. In a loom, the lay, theshutt-lebox, the shuttle, the filling carrier, a iveft-grid and a weft-fork, -a weft-thread holding device and means for preventing said device from holding the weft-thread and thereby causing the weft-fork to push the weft-threadv through the weft-grid When the filling has been reduced on its carrier to a predetermined .point 3. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, the filling carrier, a weft-thread holding device, the weft-grid, anda weftlfork, and means operated by a predeteiinined amount of filling on a filling carrier in the shuttle for preventing the weft-fork from tilting by the action ofthe weft-thread across the grid and preventing the weft-thread holding device from holding the weft-thread, to permit the weft-fork to push the weftthiead through the grid for the purpose stated.

4. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, the filling carrier, a weft-grid and a weft-fork, a. weft thread holding device determined amount of fillin on a filling l carrier for holding the'weftork from tiltpreventin' A pose stated.

6. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, the filling carrier, la weft-gridand a weft-fork, and means operated by a pre;w

the weft-thread holding device vfrom holding the Weft-thread for the pur- .determined amount of weft or filling located between the filling on the filling carrier and tilting for the purpose specified:

7. in a loom, the lay, the shuttleboX-, the shuttle, the filling carrier, a weft-grid and a Weftfork, and yieldingly mounted means located between the filling on said carrier and the weft-fork for holding the weft-forli from tilting to cause said fork to force the weft-thread through the weft grid for causing the operation specified.

8. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, the filling carrier, a weft-grid and a weft-fork, and a weft-fork hammer and means mounted on the lay and operated by a predetermined amount of filling and the breast-beam for holding and preventing the weft-fork from tilting to cause it to engage the weft-fork hammer to cause the operation specified.

9; In. a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, the filling carrier, the weft-grid and the weft-fork, and a filling feeler device, and means carried by the lay and controlled by said filliug-feeler device for preventing the \veft-\vorlr from tilting for causing the ejection of the filling carrier when the filling has been reduced to a predetermined point.

10. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, a filling-carrier, a weft-grid, a weftfork, and means operated by'a predetermined amount of filling for holding the weft-fork from being tilted by the weft-thread.

11. In a' loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, .the shuttle, a filling' carrier, a iveft-gf-id, a weft-fork, and means for holding 'the weft fork from'being tilted when in operative position by the weft-thread which crosses1 the. weft-grid.

12. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, a filling carrier, a weft-grid.

` the weft-fork for holding the weft-fork from -a weft-fork having a stop-pin, a feelonde vice comprising a feeler-finger, a vertical supporting-arm therefor, a horizontal rockshaft connected to said arm, an arm having a knife-edge on said rock-shaft, a verticalarm pivotally mounted, a ti'ip-paivl carriedl on the loiver end of said arm, a spring pressed pin carried on the upper end of said arm vand adapted to engage said stop pui of the weft-fork, a cam-arm-vl on said rockshaft, and means on the breast-beam adapted to engage said cam-arm, whereby the opera- .tion of Athe weft-fork is prevented for the purpose stated.

13. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, a filling carrier, a weft-grid, a weft-fork having af Stop-pin, a feeler-deviee Vfoi engaging the filling, means mounten on the lay ada ted to automatically engage said. stop-pin yo the weft-fork, and means connecting the means for engaging the stoppin, with 'the feeler-devi'ee, whereby the operation of the weft-fork is prevented.

flation that the engagement.

14. lira loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, a filling carrier, a weft-grid, a weft-fork having a stop-pin, a feeler-deviee for engaging the filling, means n'iounted on the lay adapted automatically to engage said stop-pin comprising an arm pivotally mounted on the lay, a trip-pawl pivoted on the lower end of said arm, a spring pressed pin in the upper-end of said arm co-acting with said stop-pin, meansl adapted to engage said trip-pawl arin from movement, said knife edged arm and the feeler-device, and means mounted on the breast-benin for rocking said shaft, for the purpose stated.

15. ln a loom, the lay. the shuttle-box, the shuttle, a weft-grid, a weftsfork having a stop-pin, afeeler-deviee for engaging the filling, means mounted on the la}v for automatically engaging said stop-pin comprising a pivotally mounted arm, a trip-pawl having a knife-edge pivot'ed on the lower end of said arm, a spring pressed pin in the' upper end of said arni co-aeting with said fork stop-pin, a horizontal arm having a knife-edge adapted to engage the knife-edge of the pawl, a shaft connecting said knifea shaft connecting "edged arm and feeler-device, a torsion spring on said shaft causing the feeler-device to follow the reduction of the filling, means for rocking said shaft on the forward beatof the lay, a torsion spring on said shaft for retracting said shaft, means for maintaining the engagement of the trip-pawl with said knife-edged arm, and means for zidjusting said pawl, the parts-having such reof the trip-pawl with said knife-edged arm will be controlled by the action of the feelei.' device on the filling for preventing the weft-fork from tilting for the purpose stated.

16. -In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle', a filling carrier, a weft-grid and a weft-fork, a vertical arm pivoted on the lay, means whereby the upper end of'said arm is caused to engage and prevent the weftfork from tilti ng, a trip-pawl pivoted on the lower end of said arm, a horizontal'rockshaft, a feeler-device on one end of said shaft for engaging the filling, an arm on the other end of said shaft adapted for automatically engaging said trip-pawl, a torsion spring on said shaft causing the feelcr-device to follow the reduction ofthe filling, means for adjusting the trip-pawl in relation toits coacting arm, and means for 'rocking said shaft, for the purpose stated. y

17. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the shuttle, a filling carrier, a weft-grid, and a weft-fork, an arm pivoted on the lay, means whereby the upper end 'of said arm is antornatically caused to engage and prevent the weft-fork from tilting, a trippawl on the lower endof said arm, a horizontal shaft, a filling feeler device on one. end of said shaft said cani-arm,

whereby to hold saidstantly depress said arin, 'mid shaft connected to constantly maintain engaging the filling,`an arni on the other end of said shaft' adapted to automatically engage said p'awl, a spring pressed ycani-arm on said shaft, and an arm on the breast-beam ladaplted to engage said cani-arin on the forwar and a torsion spring on said beat-of the lay, means for adjusting shaft causing the feeler device to follow thev reduction of the filling and thereby the lowering of the knife-edged arm for the purpose stated. t

18. ln a looin, the lay, the shuttle-box. the shuttle, a filling carrier, a weft-grid, a weftfork, a weft-thread holding device, a buffer comprising a core having a' 'vertical face groove, a thin wall stretched over and eovering said groove thereby forming al yielding buffer to impact upon the weft-thread on the forward beat of the-lay.

19. In a leoni, the lay,

the shuttle, a filling carrier,

the shuttle-box, a weft-grid,

Aa weft-fork, a weft-thread holding` device,

an unyieldiiig core a buffer comprising and a thin having a vertical face groove rubber'tube stretched over the gi'ooved ,-oi-e makinJg` thereby a yielding huii'er 'to impact' upon the weft-thread and hold it. 'troni being forced between the g'rid-barsI lon the forward beat of the lay.

Q0. In a looiii, the lay, shuttle, a filling carrier, a weft-grid, a weftfork, a vertical arm pivoted on th'elay, means whereby the upper end of said arm is caused to engage and prevent the weft-fork from tilting, a trip-pawl on the lower end of said arm, a horizontal rock-shaft, a feeler-deviee on one end of said shaft adapted to engige with said pawl, a 'cam-arm loosely mounted en said shaft, a spring connected to cona` feeleisp.ring v on the engagement of the feeler-deviee withthe filling independent of the rocking-movement of said shaft. wherebytlie movement of the weft-fork is stopped by the conjoint action ofv the feelerdevice and the said engagement and tripping device.

the shuttle-box. the i 21. In a loom, the lay, the sliuttle-box, tlie shuttle, a weft-grid, a weft-fork, a vertical arm pivoted on the lay, means whereby the upper end of said arin is caused to engage and prevent the weft-fork from tilting, a trip-pawl on the lower end of said arm, a horizontal rock-shaft, a feelei' device on one end of said shaft for engaging the filling an arm 'on the other end of said shaft adapted for engagementy with said pawl, the feeler device and the said arm being arranged -at right angles on said shaft to cause the said arm to have a downward movement simultaneous with and to the saine extent as: the contact movement of the feeler-device with the filling, a idownwardly spring pressed cani-- arni loosely mounted on said shaft, and a feeler-spring on said shaft connected to'con- Lul stantly press the eeler-device toward the upon the lay and adapted to be actuated filling, for the purpose stated. upon substantial exhaustion of the filling in Ina loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the the running shuttle, a weft replenishing 3a shuttle, a Wett-grid, a weft-fork, a ive-tmechanism, a weft fork, operative connectlii'ead holding device including a louder a tions between the weft fork and the replenspring pressed filling feeler device, a lioriisliing mechanism and an operative conneczontal rock-shaft connected therewith, and tion -betiveen the filling feeler andthe weft mechanism controlled by 'said itceler-devic'e forli,- substantially as described. 40 'and itsv connected shaft. for preventing the 25. In a loom, the lay, the shuttle box, the

f tilting of said Wettfork, comprising a knilt'eshuttle, the filling carrier, a weft grid, and

edged arm, a trip-pawl for engagement a weft fork, and means operated by a pretliei'ewitli, a vertical shaft carrying said determined amount of filling, on the filling tiip-pawl, a spring-pressedfpin on the upper carrier for holding the weftfork from being' 45 end of said arm adapted to engage and hold tilted then in operative position by the weft.

'-.r the weft-forli, a push-pin arranged to iethread crossing the gi'id during the forward 'ceive the impact of the upper end of said movement of the lav. I

arm and the impact of the weft-thread hold- 26. In a loom having a Aweft fork and a ing-device, the said pins arranged to operate weft ieplenishing-mechanism, a filling feeler, 50 simultaneously with their respective niemmounted upon the lay-and adapted to be liers on `the forward beat of the lay, and actuated by substantial exhaustion of filling means for rocking said shaft independent of in a shuttle and operative connections be-A the function of the feeler device. tween the illing feeler and the weft fork to 2?. ln a loom, the lay, the shuttle-box, the cause the operation of the weft replenishing shuttle, a weft-grid, a weftitork, a iveftmechanism.

thread holding device including-a buii'er, a InA testimony whereof l have signed my filling eeler device, mechanism carried by na-nie'to this 'pecitication 1n the presence of the lay, controlled by said lling feeler detwo subscribing Witnesses. vice for preventing the weft-fork from tilting, and means carried by the breast-beam FRANCES ARTHURMILLS for positively actuating the saidcineclianism Witnesses: independent of the feeler device. A. E. H. JOHNSON.P

24. in a. loom; a filling eeler mounted ANNE B. JOHNSON. 

